Published January 16, 1997 | Version v1
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Fuel pellets for thermonuclear reactions

Creators

Description

Fuel pellets for use as targets in a device employing thermonuclear fusion by inertial confinement (Laser fusion) are manufactured from high polymer hydrocarbons in which bound hydrogen has been replaced with tritium. The required polymer is prepared by polymerizing monomer(s) which contain carbon and tritium. The hollow pellets are filled with thermonuclear fuel, e.g. a mixture of deuterium-tritium. To improve the sphericity of the pellets and the uniformity of their thickness, manufacture of the pellets is contemplated in the near-zero gravity of space. (author) figs

Availability note (English)

Available from WIPO, 34, chemin des Colombettes, CH-1211 Geneva (CH).

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
30 p.
IPC:
Int. Cl. G21B 1/00.
IPC
Int. Cl. G21B 1/00.
Patent number
WO patent document 9701848/A1/

INIS

Country of Publication
Switzerland
Country of Input or Organization
Switzerland
INIS RN
28044485
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
DEUTERIUM; FABRICATION; FUEL PELLETS; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT; LASER FUSION REACTORS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SPACE FLIGHT; THERMONUCLEAR FUELS; TRITIUM
Descriptors DEC
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CONFINEMENT; FUELS; HYDROGEN ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; POLYMERS; RADIOISOTOPES; STABLE ISOTOPES; THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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Secondary number(s)
US patent application 9508158.